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{{cquote|We're not bullies. We're kids who have a hard time expressing our emotions in a constructive manner.|[[Rattles]]|"[[D.W., Queen of the Comeback]]"}}
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[[File:Tough Customers 2.JPG|thumb|250px|Several of the Tough Customers at their cafeteria table.]]
The '''Tough Customers''' are a gang of bullies at [[Lakewood Elementary School]]. As of "[[The Last Tough Customer]]", they have all changed and are no longer bullies, although they still act tough.
The '''Tough Customers''' are a gang of bullies at [[Lakewood Elementary School]], led by [[Binky Barnes]].
==History==
In "[[Arthur's Big Hit]]," Binky decides to get rid of the club, but in later episodes the club is still there, most likely because of how poorly Binky planned a new, non-violent club. They hang out on the jungle gym (aka: The Tower of Pain), and also have an entire lunch table reserved for themselves. Some of the members are named after baby stuff and children's toys. Despite their tough image, many of them are good at ballet, as seen in "[[Revenge of the Chip]]." The Tough Customers "rebranded" during the episode "[[The Last Tough Customer]]."


<!--==History==
===Early history===
[[Binky Barnes]] founded the club sometime before [[Timeline#Arthur's 3rd Grade|Arthur's third grade school year]]. By the time of the group's formal introduction in "[[Arthur, World's Greatest Gleeper]]," the Tough Customers had already gained their infamous reputation. Their general activities were fighting (with each other), looking tough, and possibly even occasional [[gleep]]ing.
===Binky and Sue Ellen===
When [[Sue Ellen Armstrong|Sue Ellen]] was still a new kid at school, Binky made her lose count on her jump rope, and she demanded that he apologize. After Binky threatened to fight her, she unexpectedly accepted his challenge. Learning that Sue Ellen takes [[Taekwondo]] lessons, Binky wisely decided to instead compete with Sue Ellen as rival musicians.<ref>"[[Bully for Binky]]"</ref>
With their leader now pursuing personal interests ([[The Chips are Down|ballet]], [[D.W.'s Library Card (episode)|books]], [[Binky Barnes, Wingman|butterflies]], etc.), many of the Tough Customers stopped regularly hanging out with the club. Most of them, however, joined Binky in a ballet on [[Revenge of the Chip|one occasion]].
===De-founding and revival===
The remaining three Tough Customers, eager to restore the organization to its former status, took the opportunity to force their leader to hit someone. After doing so, however, Binky instead decided to "de-found" the club, since it was he who had founded it in the first place. Binky then founded a new club, devoid of any "dumb hitting rules."<ref>"[[Arthur's Big Hit]]"</ref> But the "new" Tough Customers continued to quietly fade away, with [[4th Grade Male Dog|one more member]] leaving the club. However, it was around this time that [[Slink]] transferred from [[Mighty Mountain Elementary School|Mighty Mountain]] and joined the Tough Customers.
Binky's final major act was a far-fetched plan to eliminate all music around the world, titled "[[Silence is Golden]]".<ref>"[[Brother, Can You Spare a Clarinet?]]"</ref> His intended plan failed, Binky briefly left the group once again to continue his career in music.
[[Molly MacDonald|Molly]] acted as the interim head of the group during Binky's absences. During the changing of powers, the Tough Customers also shifted their primary headquarters to the playground jungle gym, which they had dubbed as the "[[Tower of Pain]]". After [[Muffy Crosswire|Muffy]] unwittingly "freed" the Tower of Pain for anyone to use, the gang spent a brief time looking for a new headquarters, until Muffy and Molly agreed to let the Tough Customers once again "own" the jungle gym.<ref>"[[The Law of the Jungle Gym]]"</ref>
Molly soon developed a friendship with [[Arthur Read|Arthur]].<ref>"[[Arthur Makes Waves]]"</ref> Both groups of each one's friends (Arthur's friends and the Tough Customers) feared that their friend would become like the other group, leading them to put an end to the friendship, or so they believed they had.
After some time, Muffy again unintentionally caused trouble by distracting everyone with her [[mySmartPhoney]] and not "letting" the Tough Customers have anyone to menace.<ref>"[[The Play's the Thing]]"</ref> The Tough Customers allied with Muffy to restore the playground, but she took over the project and took it too far, forcing [[Mr. Haney]] to shut it down. Eventually, however, Muffy's friends became uninterested in the device and went back to playing the "old-fashioned" way.
By this point, the school had become practically "bully-proofed," leaving the Tough Customers with nothing to do for fun. Despite Molly's desire to remain bullies for the respect that came from it, her three teammates led the group in finding a new image for themselves. After short attempts at exercising, singing, and enforcing the law, they settled on critiquing the healthiness of food<ref>"[[The Last Tough Customer]]"</ref> and savagely consuming it in large proportions.<ref>"[[So Funny I Forgot to Laugh]]"</ref>-->
==Members==
==Members==
===Leader/Founder===
[[File:Tough Customers 2.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Several of the Tough Customers at their cafeteria table]]
*[[Binky Barnes]]
 
===Current members===
===Current members===
*[[Binky Barnes]] (founder)
*[[Molly MacDonald]]
*[[Molly MacDonald]]
*[[Rattles]]
*[[Rattles]]
*[[Slink]]
*[[Slink]]
===Status unknown===
===Status unknown===
*[[Billy]]
*[[Fletcher]]
*[[Kieper]]
*[[Kiefer]]
*''[[4th Grade Male Dog]]''
*''[[4th Grade Male Dog]]''
*''[[4th Grade Female Cat]]''
*''[[4th Grade Male Rabbit]]''
*''[[4th Grade Male Rabbit]]''
*''[[4th Grade Female Aardvark]]''
*''[[4th Grade Female Aardvark]]''
===Temporary===
===Temporary===
*[[George Lundgren]] ("[[The Boy with His Head in the Clouds]]")
*[[Arthur Read]]{{Ep|Arthur, World's Greatest Gleeper}}
*[[Arthur Read]] ("[[Arthur, World's Greatest Gleeper]]")
*[[George Lundgren]]{{Ep|The Boy with His Head in the Clouds}}
==Episodes featured==
===Imaginary===
''Episodes with enough of them together to be recognized as the Tough Customers. Ones that specifically focus on them are '''bolded'''.''
*[[Big Kid 1]]
*''Season 1''
*[[Big Kid 2]]
**'''[[Arthur, World's Greatest Gleeper]]'''
*[[Los Dedos]]
**'''[[Bully for Binky]]'''
 
**'''[[Arthur Goes to Camp]]'''
==Alternate names==
**[[Arthur Writes a Story]]
The Tough Customers have a tendency to rename themselves, often temporarily, when they change their interests.
**[[Arthur Accused!]]
*"'''Bully Ballet'''" - when they danced a ballet about green potato chips in "[[Revenge of the Chip]]".
*''Season 2''
*"'''Tough Costumers'''" - unofficially; when they tried to get kids interested in playing outside in "[[The Play's the Thing]]"
**'''[[Buster and the Daredevils]]''' ([[Slink]]'s debut)
*"'''Buff Customers'''" - when they tried working out in "[[The Last Tough Customer]]"
**[[Love Notes for Muffy]]
*"'''Muffy Crosswire's 4 Open Hearts Tough Customers'''" ('''MCTC''') - when they tried singing in "The Last Tough Customer"
**[[Arthur Meets Mister Rogers]]
*"'''Shush Customers'''" - when they tried to enforce the library's "no talking rule in "The Last Tough Customer"
*''Season 3''
*"'''Tough Consumers'''" - current name; when they inform people about the nutrition of food
**[[Revenge of the Chip]]
 
*''Season 4''
==Trivia==
**'''[[Arthur's Big Hit]]'''
*While on the [[Tower of Pain]], they like to throw water balloons at others on the playground. This occurs in several episodes, including "[[Lights, Camera... Opera!]]," "[[The Last Tough Customer]]," and "[[Slink's Special Talent]]."
*''Season 6''
 
**'''[[Brother Can You Spare a Clarinet?]]'''
==Appearances==
*''Season 7''
*Specials
**[[Prunella Sees the Light]] (cameo)
**[[Arthurs First Day]]
*''Season 8''
*Season 1
**'''[[Thanks a Lot, Binky]]'''
**106b [[Arthur Accused! (episode)|Arthur Accused!]]
**'''[[D.W., Dancing Queen]]'''
**107a '''[[Arthur Goes to Camp (episode)|Arthur Goes to Camp]]'''
*''Season 9''
**112a [[Arthur Writes a Story (episode)|Arthur Writes a Story]]
**'''[[The Law of the Jungle Gym]]'''
**117b '''[[Arthur, World's Greatest Gleeper]]'''
**'''[[Arthur Makes Waves]]'''
**123a '''[[Bully for Binky]]'''
**[[D.W. Beats All]] (cameo)
*Season 2
*''Season 14''
**201a [[Arthur Meets Mister Rogers]]
**'''[[The Play's the Thing]]'''
**203b '''[[Buster and the Daredevils]]''' ([[Slink]]'s debut)
**[[Arthur Unravels]]
**210b [[Arthur's Mystery Envelope (episode)|Arthur's Mystery Envelope]]
**[[D.W., Queen of the Comeback]]
**212b [[Arthur and the Square Dance]]
*''Season 15''
**216a [[Love Notes for Muffy]]
**'''[[I Wanna Hold Your Hand]]'''
*Season 3
*''Season 16''
**305b [[Revenge of the Chip]]
**[[Based on a True Story]]
**308a [[Popular Girls]]
**[[Flippity Francine]] (cameo)
*Season 4
**'''[[The Last Tough Customer]]'''
**401b '''[[Arthur's Big Hit]]'''
**[[So Funny I Forgot to Laugh]]
*Season 5
**507b [[Pet Peeved]]
*Season 6
**604b '''[[Brother Can You Spare a Clarinet?]]'''
*Season 7
**709a [[Prunella Sees the Light]] (cameo)
*Season 8
**802b '''[[Thanks a Lot, Binky]]'''
**804b '''[[D.W., Dancing Queen]]'''
*Season 9
**903b '''[[The Law of the Jungle Gym]]'''
**906a '''[[Arthur Makes Waves]]'''
**909a [[D.W. Beats All]] (cameo)
*Season 13
**1309b [[The Pride of Lakewood]] (cameo)
*Season 14
**1403b '''[[The Play's the Thing]]'''
**1408a [[Arthur Unravels]]
**1409a [[D.W., Queen of the Comeback]]
*Season 15
**1502a '''[[I Wanna Hold Your Hand]]'''
*Season 16
**1601 [[Based on a True Story]]
**1602a [[Flippity Francine]] (cameo)
**1606a '''[[The Last Tough Customer]]'''
**1607b [[Brain's Biggest Blunder]]
**1610a [[So Funny I Forgot to Laugh]]
**1610b [[The Best Day Ever]] (mentioned)
*Season 17
**1705a [[All Thumbs]]
*Season 18
**1806a '''[[Whip. Mix. Blend.]]'''
*Season 19
**1907b [[Too Much of a Good Thing]]
*Season 21
**2105a [[Slink's Special Talent]]
**2105b '''[[Take a Hike, Molly]]'''


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180">
<gallery position="center" spacing="small">
1x17b.png
Tough Customers.jpg|The Tough Customers, plus Arthur.
Tough Customers.jpg|The Tough Customers, plus Arthur.
Binky8.jpg|Binky stops pea-shooting to admire a butterfly.
Binky8.jpg|Binky stops pea-shooting to admire a butterfly.
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tough customers.png|The members of the "Bully Ballet" perform ''Don't Eat the Green Ones''.
tough customers.png|The members of the "Bully Ballet" perform ''Don't Eat the Green Ones''.
Tough_customers_watch_henry_skreever_in_prunella_sees_the_light.jpg|Reserved a whole row to watch a ''[[Henry Skreever (book series)|Henry Skreever]]'' movie.
Tough_customers_watch_henry_skreever_in_prunella_sees_the_light.jpg|Reserved a whole row to watch a ''[[Henry Skreever (book series)|Henry Skreever]]'' movie.
The_Law_of_the_Jungle_Gym.JPG
The_Last_Tough_Customer_-_TCs_at_Ice_Cream_Shoppe.jpg
TLTC - MC4OHTC.jpg
The Last Tough Customer - shush.jpg
</gallery>
</gallery>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{LakewoodNav}}
[[Category:Clubs]]
[[Category:Clubs]]
[[Category:Bullies]]
[[Category:Tough Customers]]
[[Category:Tough Customers]]
[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Neutral characters]]

Latest revision as of 16:30, 6 December 2021

Rattles, Molly, Binky, and Slink
“ We're not bullies. We're kids who have a hard time expressing our emotions in a constructive manner. ”

—Rattles, "D.W., Queen of the Comeback"

The Tough Customers are a gang of bullies at Lakewood Elementary School. As of "The Last Tough Customer", they have all changed and are no longer bullies, although they still act tough.

Members

Several of the Tough Customers at their cafeteria table

Current members

Status unknown

Temporary

Imaginary

Alternate names

The Tough Customers have a tendency to rename themselves, often temporarily, when they change their interests.

  • "Bully Ballet" - when they danced a ballet about green potato chips in "Revenge of the Chip".
  • "Tough Costumers" - unofficially; when they tried to get kids interested in playing outside in "The Play's the Thing"
  • "Buff Customers" - when they tried working out in "The Last Tough Customer"
  • "Muffy Crosswire's 4 Open Hearts Tough Customers" (MCTC) - when they tried singing in "The Last Tough Customer"
  • "Shush Customers" - when they tried to enforce the library's "no talking rule in "The Last Tough Customer"
  • "Tough Consumers" - current name; when they inform people about the nutrition of food

Trivia

Appearances

Gallery

  • 1x17b.png

  • The Tough Customers, plus Arthur.

  • Binky stops pea-shooting to admire a butterfly.

  • The Tough Customers helping out in the park (rare occasion).

  • Some Tough Customers seen at Camp Horsewater

  • The members of the "Bully Ballet" perform Don't Eat the Green Ones.

  • Reserved a whole row to watch a Henry Skreever movie.

  • The Law of the Jungle Gym.JPG
  • The Last Tough Customer - TCs at Ice Cream Shoppe.jpg
  • TLTC - MC4OHTC.jpg
  • The Last Tough Customer - shush.jpg

References



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